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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A - Reports

190: Reports may be made orally

You could also call this:

"The judge can let someone give a report out loud in court."

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When you are in court, the judge can decide that someone makes a report out loud. This can happen if someone is required to make a report under section 186 or section 187. The judge can only do this if nobody in the court case says they do not want it to happen.

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Part 3Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A
Reports

190Reports may be made orally

  1. The court may, unless any party to the proceedings objects, direct that any report required pursuant to section 186 (other than a report to which subsection (2) of that section applies) or section 187 be made orally to the court.